Library Resources and Services

Rowena StewartLiaison Librarian

To cover:• Where your books and journals are• Finding out if the Library has what you need• Getting what the Library doesn’t have• Finding academic literature on your subject

Noreen and Kenneth Murray Library – print booksKB Library Store - all KB print journals

Informatics, Medicine & HSS in Main Library, George Square

Murray Library building: 08:30 - 23:00

09/noon - 19:00

Print journals in Library Annexe, South Gyle.

Which Library? Library Catalogue

print journals and (online or print) books renew books on loan

On the Library homepage at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/library

Library tab on MyEd

Which Library?

Borrowing Books

40 books (including up to 3 Reserve books)

Standard loan = 12 weeks. Short loan = 1 weekReserve books = up to 3 hours or overnight

Most books (excluding Reserve books) may be renewed up to 5 times

http://catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk/vwebv/login

Borrowing Books

• Fines for overdue books - 20p per day for standard books- 50p per day for short loan books- £1 per day for overdue recalled books(- 2p per minute for overdue reserve books)

• 5 days grace applies to overdue standard loan books on day 6, fine is added at cost of 6 days overdue. no grace period for overdue recalled books

For books you want to read but which are on loan: Ask library staff to recall them for you

• Many thousands of journals online

Not always bought from every available host site Not always bought for access from volume 1 to now

• Check electronic journals pages – not the default tab

Online Physics Collection

http://sfxhostedeu.exlibrisgroup.com/Edinburgh/az

E-journalsIn the e-journal pages you can search, browse or look at subject groupings.

The library catalogue link goes to the same information but the ejournal pages are more

up to date with purchases.

Off-campus access to online collection

Through EASE (authentication) / MyEd (portal)

VPN – access to University network + wireless access http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/vpn

Eduroam – JANET Roaming Service – secure internet access from eduroam-enabled institution around the world. http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/wireless/jrs

Use eduroam not central to connect to “normal” campus network.http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/wireless

University of Edinburgh EASE

If you’ve not logged in and can’t get full-text you can try this… …but better

information via Library tools.

Inter-Library Loan (ILL) for what we don’t have

For (non-UoEd) UK theses start at EThOS. If asked to pay use ILL.North American and worldwide – “Dissertations and Theses” (then ILL)

“Intra-library loan” - get material from other UoEdinburgh libraries sent to KB

• same form • FREE

http://illiad.lib.ed.ac.uk/illiad/

30 free per year

[20 for taught postgraduates, 5 for undergraduates]

• then £5 per request received • take e-payment requests to Physics Admin

Suggest the Library buys Something

Books:http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/RAB

Journals – me (Liaison Librarian) or library rep: Victoria Martin

Databases for Reviewing the Literature

You will need at some stage to find out what has already been published in your research field:

• WoK (Science Citation Index , Proceedings…)– Tracking a particularly useful article through the literature since it was

published. Also journal impact factors.• Inspec

Pre-prints, fulltext repositories - ArXiv.org, ADS, CERN

Full-text from publishers – IEEE, AIP, IoP, APS

Index to Theses – UK and Irish ThesesEThOS (UK) & Dissertations and Theses (North America+) – full text theses ERA – full text of recent UoEd theses - http://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/

Where to find (out about) databases

A-Z list and lists by subjecthttp://www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-subjects

Subject guides to go to pages which include this presentation.

Searcher (default tab) for quick searches and probable full-text

Types of Resources

Follow link “Types of resources” athttp://www.ed.ac.uk/is/finding-resources

Help

Rowena Stewart, rm1406 JCMBTel: 650 5207

e-mail: rowena.stewart@ed.ac.uk

This presentation at www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides-physics

ISiskills – www.iskills.is.ed.ac.uk

eg EndNote

http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/help

IAD Programme: Finding Academic Literature http://www.ed.ac.uk/iad

• Chemistry, Maths & Physics: Tues 22nd Oct, 9.30am rm3212 JCMB• Multiple others• Happy to see people/take questions individually: